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The birth house / a novel by Ami McKay.
Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780676977721
- ISBN: 0676977723
- ISBN: 0676977731 (Vintage : pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780676977738 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 387 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | VPL copy inscribed by author. |
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| Subject: | Acadians > Fiction. Childbirth > Fiction. Midwifery > Fiction. Nineteen tens > Fiction. Obstetricians > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. Nova Scotia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC McKay | 31681010353712 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Random House, Inc.
The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.âs apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.
